Performing Arts

Antenna wraps tentacles around Melbourne, announces highlights
Antenna Documentary Festival extends its reach to include Melbourne and reveals a lineup which includes 25 Australian premieres.

Molly Sweeney
Irish playwright Brian Friel explores blindness, both literal and metaphorical, in this engaging work of theatre.

Maria de Buenos Aires
Running true to form, Victorian Opera has once again taken an artistic risk that has paid off handsomely.

Morning Melodies: May I Be Frank?
Frank Bennett (and three piece band) gave his audience pure Sinatra magic, complete with mannerisms, ad-libs and jokes.

Live at Lunch: Beethoven and Chopin
Those lucky enough to attend this concert featuring pianist Cho Ki Wong were treated to a superlative aural feast.

MCA honours generous benefactor
The Museum of Contemporary Art has commemorated one of its most generous philanthropists, Loti Smorgon AO, who has passed away.

Criticising the critics
Is a theatre company smart or cowardly to ban a critic from its show?

Opportunities for filmmakers: BBFF2014
Byron Bay Film Festival is calling for submissions to the 2014 Festival for the chance to win a number of…

Surf and song: Opera on the Beach
Opera Australia will perform a new outdoor production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute on the Gold Coast next year.

What’s wrong with the resale royalty scheme?
Australian Commercial Galleries Director Anna Pappas has hit out at the scheme, saying it is hurting small and medium galleries.